But if you can't make it to Edinburgh tomorrow, you can enjoy one SAM treat right now. So if it's been a long week and you really need to be lifted out of the daily grind, try this glimpse into another world.

This is the work of Claudia Ferguson-Smyth, BSBI member, self-confessed aquatics addict and photographer extraordinaire. You can see her work on the cover of New Journal of Botany and the image at the head of this Blog is also by Claudia. But here are three images of the botanist/photographer herself, out in the field.